Tag: courage

This moving podcast highlights the struggles of a young woman trying to find her voice in a family dynamic where she was told to “be silent, be good and do as I say.” Our guest, Bethany Fisher relates a poignant story of her abusive childhood at the hands of both her biological and foster parents. Her years of loneliness and striving for perfection so that she could ‘earn’ love, challenged her most formative adolescent years. In the end, she faced her offenders in court and spoke up for the child who was never allowed to defend herself. Her journey in learning how to cope with significant abandonment and abuse teaches us all that we have the power to create our own self talk and ultimately our own “new story”.

Bethany is a Social Worker and works for Partners Mentoring Youth (partnersmentoringyouth.org) in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she matches volunteers with children who need a positive role model in their lives. Her life is a testament to anyone who has struggled against the odds and come out the victor!

Join us for this podcast on grief with our guest, Rebecca who talks candidly about the loss of her husband 3 years ago and what she did to rebuild and create a life that allows for his memory, as well as new love and adventure! Rebecca discusses the stages of her grief and makes the point that every road to healing looks different. Her transparency is refreshing and her reassurance that there can be love..after love, gives hope.

Rebecca is a successful educator and has two grown children. She enjoys traveling the world, time with friends and finds something to celebrate every day.

This podcast delves into a timely and unfathomable topic, mass violence. We don’t have a guest speaker, we don’t dissect politics or the pros and cons of the National Rifle Association, we actually don’t even talk much about mental illness vs. environment reasons for violence. We felt like there is enough about that.

In this talk, your hosts, Jann and Shari discuss where we think we are falling down as a country and the little things we can do to impact the tragic way our world has shifted. We feel strongly that one person won’t change the dynamic in our world but a lot of people collectively making a decision to change the way they interact with others…will. We feel that kindness disarms rage and if we stop ignoring signs that are right in front of us the tide will begin to turn in our world.

Jann and Shari are authors of Which Way? and travel the country speaking on trauma, its impact on our relationships and how we can live our lives in a resilient way. They are the hosts of whichwaypodcast on the Mental Health News Radio Network.

This podcast features Kayla Carter (name changed), who candidly and bravely talks about living with Bipolar Disorder. Kayla sheds light on the struggles that one has to endure when faced with the challenges of this mental health issue. She also emphasizes that these obstacles can drive us to live a life of love, success and happiness.

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion with Dr. Kennedy and Tracy Markle LPC, experts in digital media overuse. This podcast shines a light on society’s overuse of digital media, the damaging effects and how parents can set limits on screen time.

Tracy is the founder and co-director of Digital Media Treatment and Education Center (DTEC®). She specializes in the treatment and recovery from digital media overuse and addictions. Tracy and the team provide education, psychotherapy, and intervention support to individuals and their families who are impacted by the effects of technology and the common co-existing factors such as, depression, anxiety, isolation, academic failure, and more.

Dr. Brett P. Kennedy is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with adolescents, adults and couples. As a “digital immigrant” to the technological revolution, Dr. Kennedy has seen both the pros and the perils that digital media brings to the lives of his clients by exploring both the complications, and conveniences that technology present in their personal and professional relationships as technology has been integrated into their lives and for the “digital natives” who grew up with technology as a part of their development.

Self harm or nonsuicidal self injury is more common than many people think. It’s a topic that is often misunderstood and frequently judged. In this podcast, Christy Plaice, LPC reveals the truth about these behaviors and what we can do when we are close to someone who hurts themselves as a way to cope.

As Founder and Clinical Director of Door of the Soul, located in Georgia, Christy provides psychotherapy, counseling, presentations/trainings, consultations, supervision, and leadership in a variety of arenas. She believes that there is no greater gift than connecting deeply with another person, and feels privileged to do this every day. Christy is dedicated to helping people move through challenges, and into a life with greater vitality and meaning.

Join us as we celebrate mothers and talk with two of our favorites, Marmot and Nancy who discuss the beauty and challenges of adopting a child. While the journey ultimately filled their home with the love and laughter of a precious daughter, it was not without struggles. These two devoted moms candidly reveal the emotions they experienced when they first held their daughter at a mere 36 hours old and they share the pain of watching her struggle as a teen in finding her own identity.

Marmot and Nancy live with her daughter, love their careers and have found peace in developing a family system that is imperfectly perfect.

In this podcast, we talk to Brianne Renley, a mental health warrior who lives with two serious medical conditions, Type I Diabetes and Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID). Brianne candidly discusses the challenges and trauma that can come from navigating medical interventions. This is a topic that is rarely discussed, however, Brianne’s honesty reminds us all that while our bodies may betray us at times, our spirits are even stronger.

Brianne is a counselor in Fort Collins, Colorado where she works with a wide variety of clients.

Today’s podcast is among our favorites! We interview Joseph Fusaro for a genuine and transparent discussion on isolation. Often times, when we struggle with mental health issues, we tend to withdraw from friends and loved ones…at the very moment we need them most. Joe’s journey is real, gritty, complex and ultimately, inspiring. Joe describes the dark spiral his life took as a college student with undiagnosed schizoaffective, bipolar, general anxiety disorder, chemical dependence, depression, insomnia and agoraphobia that sent him to several psychiatric hospitalizations. After several years of loneliness and self imposed isolation, Joe ultimately found a path to healing and in the process, mended relationships with those who welcomed him back with open arms.

Joe is an editor with the Mental Health News Radio Network and host of Hysteria Radio, a podcast and internet radio show that focuses on writing, music, expressive arts, and all things related to self-care and recovery from or management of a mental health condition. Joe has published 6 poetry books and a short guide featuring the changes he made to start feeling alive again after living his teen years and 20’s with serious mental illness. He is also a professional speaker and works with NAMI, This Is My Brave, Project 375, and Deconstructing Stigma.

Today’s podcast features, Erin Mahone, founder of #IfYouCouldSeeMe project. Erin’s passion is infectious as she talks about the importance of “sharing our stories.” Her work is inspired by a childhood growing up in a family touched by mental illness, years working in the arts and in the mental health field, and her own experiences with anxiety and depression. She believes that life’s struggles, no matter how severe, do not define, or limit, a person’s capacity for greatness, achievement, or love. Every person has a distinct story that is worthy of respect and Erin combines storytelling, writing, music, and other elements to share and teach this message.

#IfYouCouldSeeMe is a multi-media project and a podcast on the Mental Health News Radio Network that looks past labels and surface judgments to see real, diverse, fascinating people living with mental health diagnoses. They are mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, friends, artists, activists, veterans, and above all human beings with whole lives not defined by their diagnoses. The #IfYouCouldSeeMe project is a relationship between storyteller and audience; an understanding that through sharing, and by witnessing, we are all being seen.